This is the Guardian.

Today, a year on from the shocking attack at the US Capitol in Washington,

who has been held accountable.

A quick warning before we start, there is some swearing in this episode.

The day that a US election is certified in Congress is usually one of

Femality and Ceremony. But on January the 6th, 2021, Donald Trump and many of his Republican

supporters were still claiming the election had been stolen from him and that the result

was invalid. For reporters like the Guardian's Washington Bureau Chief David Smith,

what followed was a day in US politics, unlike anything they'd ever seen or imagined.

So on this day, the House and the Senate were reviewing the results of the

electoral college and Paul Gosar, who is a Republican member of the House, and a very

ardent Donald Trump supporter was standing up speaking. Over 400,000 male in-bounds were altered,

switched from President Trump to Vice President Biden. Raising his objections to the

electoral college counter with no obvious foundation to do so. Dean Phillips is a democratic member

of Congress and he heard the sounds of the mob closing in on the House chamber and he actually

shouted from the gallery at Paul Gosar.

Among the very worst in my life, and everybody inside that room were dead.

I felt I think the way that tens of millions of Americans did, which is that there were people

responsible for what was about to transpire.

Members of Congress faced a terrifying ordeal as an arm-mob storm the building.

It was an experience that many hoped would unite Republicans and Democrats in working together

to protect their democracy. At that moment, I really thought the Congress was going to step up

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